Finance Planning & Forecasting Analyst at Haleon

Haleon; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, invites an ambitious Finance Planning & Forecasting Analyst to join our on-site team. The role focuses on preparing monthly forecasts, annual plans, and management reporting while supporting market performance and financial analysis.

You will collaborate with the Planning & Forecasting Lead and in-market teams to ensure accuracy and timely delivery. We value strong analytics, Excel proficiency with advanced formulas, and the ability to articulate variances and

Job description

Apply for Finance Planning & Forecasting Analyst at Haleon in Petaling Jaya, M10, MY. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity. Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science. Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

About the role

This Planning & Forecast Analyst role is to provide planning & forecasting support to either the Planning & Forecasting Lead or in-market FD. This includes managing the preparation of in-market annual and monthly forecasts. Alongside, preparing monthly management reports for the in-market FD to evaluate performance.

Role Responsibilities

• Provide support to the market with the preparation of the monthly forecast (CMF), Annual Business Planning (ABP), Standards Setting (FLIP) and ad-hoc tasks.
• Responsible for the preparation of the monthly Sales, CoGs, A&P, OPEX (overall P&L) and Cash Flow forecast.
• Accountable for creating, updating and maintaining financial models to provide detailed monthly and quarterly forecasts for the market (CCC process).
• Perform variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward.
• Providing commentaries on variances for P&L and BS lines, vs Actuals, ABP, LY and prior forecast.
• Submission of CMF and ABP into BISON and owner of the annual cost Flip process.
• Preparation of internal management reports (e.g. MPR) for executive leadership.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accountancy, Business, Economics, IT
• Relevant experience (2-3 years) preferably within a similar operating model, similar sector and experienced in E-commerce model.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Financial Planning/Budgeting/FP&A/FBP, preferably in FMCG
• Strong commercial sense and business knowledge.
• Expertise in creating or extracting information from /to excel and use of advanced formulas.
• Proficient financial knowledge of analysis, evaluation, modelling and forecasting with strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Strong relationship management skills Experience working across a matrix environment. Strong focus on customer service Advanced listening skills. Able to interpret the stakeholder needs and views and manage them by providing suitable support and solutions. Personal integrity and professionalism; open and straight forward style Strong report writing skills. Coordination, planning and organization skills - demonstrated ability to priorities workload in order to meet critical deadlines.

Job Posting End Date

2026-11-01

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong. During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence.

Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.